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2011 German Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

German Formula One Grand Prix - 1st Friday Practice

(07/22/2011)

11:00

First Friday practice from the Nurburgring gets underway

Friday July 22, 2011 11:00

11:01

Air temperature is at 13 degrees while track temperature is at 18 degrees

Friday July 22, 2011 11:01

11:01

The track is dry

Friday July 22, 2011 11:01

11:01

Drivers are going out onto the track for their installation laps

Friday July 22, 2011 11:01

11:02

Team Lotus test driver Karun Chandhok replaces Jarno Trulli for this weekend

Friday July 22, 2011 11:02

11:06

Most of the drivers have completed their installation laps

Friday July 22, 2011 11:06

11:06

Only Webber and Button yet to go out

Friday July 22, 2011 11:06

11:08

Webber and Button are on the track now

Friday July 22, 2011 11:08

11:09

Timo Glock returns to the track

Friday July 22, 2011 11:09

11:13

[Comment From nihil nihil : ]

who are the drivers for hrt? Karthikeyan is testing this session while Ricciardo is driving

Friday July 22, 2011 11:13 nihil

11:14

A number of drivers have returned to the track but have gone back. No timed laps yet

Friday July 22, 2011 11:14

11:18

Heidfeld is on the track and looks to be on a flyer!

Friday July 22, 2011 11:18

11:19

Indeed Heidfeld sets a 1:38.313, first timed lap of the day

Friday July 22, 2011 11:19

11:19

Perez also on a timed lap

Friday July 22, 2011 11:19

11:20

A 1:40.730 for Perez

Friday July 22, 2011 11:20

11:20

Heidfeld improves with a 1:37.987

Friday July 22, 2011 11:20

11:22

More drivers are now on the track on timed laps

Friday July 22, 2011 11:22

11:22

Heidfeld goes quickest in S1 and S2 but doesn't improve

Friday July 22, 2011 11:22

11:23

Rosberg goes second with a 1:38.170

Friday July 22, 2011 11:23

11:23

Alguersuari now in 3rd and Perez in 4th

Friday July 22, 2011 11:23

11:24

Perez moves into third with a 1:38.448

Friday July 22, 2011 11:24

11:25

Now Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:35.751

Friday July 22, 2011 11:25

11:25

Alguersuari moves into second with a 1:37.391

Friday July 22, 2011 11:25

11:26

Rosberg improves again with a 1:35.112

Friday July 22, 2011 11:26

11:26

Hamilton is on the track

Friday July 22, 2011 11:26

11:27

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:34.982

Friday July 22, 2011 11:27

11:28

McLaren are saying that reverting to the 'Valencia' rules regarding exhaust blowing will help them fight at the top

Friday July 22, 2011 11:28

11:29

Hamilton improves with a 1:33.576

Friday July 22, 2011 11:29

11:29

Rosberg in second and Schumacher in third

Friday July 22, 2011 11:29

11:30

30 minutes into the session and the top 10 are: Hamilton, Rosberg, Schumacher, Alguersuari, Kobayashi, Perez, Maldonado, Heidfeld, Barrichello and Hulkenberg

Friday July 22, 2011 11:30

11:31

Hulkenberg is the Force India test driver replacing di Resta this session

Friday July 22, 2011 11:31

11:31

And another quick lap by Hamilton with a 1:32.996

Friday July 22, 2011 11:31

11:32

Maldonado moves into 5th with a 1:36.842

Friday July 22, 2011 11:32

11:33

Schumacher improves with a 1:35.054

Friday July 22, 2011 11:33

11:33

Vettel now on the track

Friday July 22, 2011 11:33

11:33

So is Webber and Alonso

Friday July 22, 2011 11:33

11:35

Webber moves into 4th with a 1:35.663

Friday July 22, 2011 11:35

11:35

Alonso goes 11th and Vettel is 12th on their first timed laps

Friday July 22, 2011 11:35

11:36

Vettel goes 4th with a 1:34.739

Friday July 22, 2011 11:36

11:36

Now Webber improves into second with a 1:34.022

Friday July 22, 2011 11:36

11:37

Alonso moves into 7th with 1:35.560

Friday July 22, 2011 11:37

11:38

Button goes 8th fastest with a 1:36.366

Friday July 22, 2011 11:38

11:38

Rosberg takes second with a 1:34.005

Friday July 22, 2011 11:38

11:39

Button improves into 4th with a 1:34.149

Friday July 22, 2011 11:39

11:39

Vettel now quickest with a 1:32.760

Friday July 22, 2011 11:39

11:40

Massa moves into 10th with a 1:36.089

Friday July 22, 2011 11:40

11:40

Alonso improves into 5th with a 1:34.099

Friday July 22, 2011 11:40

11:41

Webber improves with a 1:33.008 - 3rd

Friday July 22, 2011 11:41

11:41

Petrov goes 5th with a 1:34.094

Friday July 22, 2011 11:41

11:42

d'Ambrosio, Karthikeyan and Glock have yet to set times

Friday July 22, 2011 11:42

11:43

Vettel improves in 1st with a 1:32.536

Friday July 22, 2011 11:43

11:43

Alonso improves with a 1:33.586 - 4th

Friday July 22, 2011 11:43

11:44

Halfway into the session and the top 10 are: Vettel, Hamilton, Webber, Alonso, Rosberg, Petrov, Button, Massa, Schumacher and Sutil

Friday July 22, 2011 11:44

11:46

Button goes 5th with a 1:33.628

Friday July 22, 2011 11:46

11:48

Glock and Karthikeyan are on the track on their 1st timed laps

Friday July 22, 2011 11:48

11:50

Chandhok is nearly 5 seconds slower than Kovalainen in the sister car. Both have completed 10 laps so far

Friday July 22, 2011 11:50

11:51

There isn't much activity at the front of the field at this stage. Most of the drivers are in the pits

Friday July 22, 2011 11:51

11:52

Barrichello has covered the most laps so far with 15

Friday July 22, 2011 11:52

11:54

Alonso and Rosberg go back out onto the track

Friday July 22, 2011 11:54

11:55

Vettel, Hamilton and Webber also go back out!

Friday July 22, 2011 11:55

11:55

d'Ambrosio on the track now on his first timed lap

Friday July 22, 2011 11:55

11:56

Rosberg on the track on the softer compound

Friday July 22, 2011 11:56

11:57

Alonso also on the softer compound

Friday July 22, 2011 11:57

11:57

Alonso goes second with a 1:32.574

Friday July 22, 2011 11:57

11:58

Vettel and Webber also on the soft compound

Friday July 22, 2011 11:58

11:58

Vettel improves by 0.002 in 1st!

Friday July 22, 2011 11:58

11:59

Alonso quickest in S1

Friday July 22, 2011 11:59

12:00

And goes quickest in S2 and S3 setting a 1:32.037

Friday July 22, 2011 12:00

12:01

Hamilton and Webber on quick laps

Friday July 22, 2011 12:01

12:02

Hamilton improves with a 1:32.996

Friday July 22, 2011 12:02

12:02

Webber goes 3rd with a 1:32.599

Friday July 22, 2011 12:02

12:02

Massa up into 4th with a 1:32.789

Friday July 22, 2011 12:02

12:03

Webber now into 2nd with a 1:32.217

Friday July 22, 2011 12:03

12:04

Alonso improves marginally with a 1:31.981 after setting quickest S1 and S3 times but a relatively slow S2

Friday July 22, 2011 12:04

12:05

Vettel improves but remains in 3rd with a 1:32.268. Vettel had a slow S3

Friday July 22, 2011 12:05

12:06

Alonso pits and so does Hamilton

Friday July 22, 2011 12:06

12:07

Webber, Vettel and Massa also pits

Friday July 22, 2011 12:07

12:11

Schumacher goes off, waves to the crowds as he recovers!

Friday July 22, 2011 12:11

12:12

Karthikeyan is now in 20th and quicker than Ricciardo

Friday July 22, 2011 12:12

12:13

Chandhok improves but remains nearly 4 seconds slower than Kovalainen

Friday July 22, 2011 12:13

12:15

15 minutes remain in the session and the top 10 are: Alonso, Webber, Vettel, Massa, Hamilton, Button, Rosberg, Schumacher, Petrov and Alguersuari

Friday July 22, 2011 12:15

12:16

Hulkenberg goes 10th with a 1:34.671

Friday July 22, 2011 12:16

12:17

Vettel and Alonso go back onto the track

Friday July 22, 2011 12:17

12:18

Hulkenberg improves with a 1:33.858 - 8th

Friday July 22, 2011 12:18

12:19

The front runners are on the medium compound and on a heavy fuel load

Friday July 22, 2011 12:19

12:22

Alonso is actually on the soft compound with a heavy fuel load

Friday July 22, 2011 12:22

12:22

I think I am proven wrong again, Alonso is on a quick lap so he can't be on a heavy fuel load!

Friday July 22, 2011 12:22

12:23

19 cars on the track at this stage. 5 minutes remain

Friday July 22, 2011 12:23

12:26

No improvements at the front at this stage

Friday July 22, 2011 12:26

12:26

Only Massa, Buemi and Barrichello are in the pits

Friday July 22, 2011 12:26

12:29

Alonso quickest in S1 with 1 minute to go!

Friday July 22, 2011 12:29

12:29

Alonso quickest in S2

Friday July 22, 2011 12:29

12:30

Beumi flies into the gravel!

Friday July 22, 2011 12:30

12:31

He goes slightly wide, goes sideways onto the gravel. He was lucky his car didn't flip!

Friday July 22, 2011 12:31

12:33

Alonso improves slightly on his final timed lap despite having a slow S3

Friday July 22, 2011 12:33

12:33

Session over!

Friday July 22, 2011 12:33

12:35

Top 10: Alonso (1:31.894), Webber (+0.323), Vettel (+0.374), Massa (+0.787), Hamilton (+1.102), Button (+1.734), Rosberg (+1.893), Sutil (+1.938), Hulkenberg (+1.964) and Schumacher (+1.969)

Friday July 22, 2011 12:35

12:41

11th to 24th: Petrov (+2.200), Alguersuari (+3.221), Buemi (+3.477), Barrichello (+3.495), Heidfeld (+3.550), Perez (+4.477), Kovalainen (+4.498), Maldonado (+4.948), Kobayashi (+4.988), Karthikeyan (+6.610), Chandhok (+6.871), Ricciardo (+7.385), Glock (+8.215) and d'Ambrosio (+8.534)

Friday July 22, 2011 12:41

12:42

Most laps by Rosberg with 33 laps then Schumacher with 31 laps
Least laps by Hamilton with 18 then Chandhok with 19

Friday July 22, 2011 12:42

12:44

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Friday July 22, 2011 12:44

12:45